Dood en verminking van de gebroeders De Witt 1689 - 1712

Cornelis Huyberts’s etching, *Dood en verminking van de gebroeders De Witt* (1689–1712), depicts the brutal murder of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt, political figures in the Dutch Republic. The brothers are depicted hanging upside down, their bodies disfigured and bloody. The image’s dark tone, with its focus on the violent details of the murders, reflects the graphic nature of the event, which sparked outrage and unrest in the Netherlands at the time. The graphic depiction is a reminder of the political tensions and violence that plagued the Dutch Republic in the 17th century.